3/12/2011 – Dragon’s Tail Couloir in RMNP has deceived me twice before this day, but with solid conditions and a comfortable late morning start, it was time to conquer this classic line. Casey, Ryan and I headed up to get after this line each with our own personal motivation for being there. Casey was on […]
Read more "Some Mid-March Keepers"3/13/2011 – When you head out in the morning with a beautiful peak in mind, its hard to back down and call it off when the conditions aren’t safe. Although sometimes, you get lucky, and your ski plans are interrupted by wonderful deep powder. Dave, Jonny, and I set out with the plan of bagging […]
Read more "The Powder Shut Down"3/9/2011 – The Washington Righteousness crew headed up to St. Mary’s Glacier to get some ropes practice in and enjoyed a day of teamwork and learning (and a little skiing too). The crew is Dave, Andrew, Jonny, Daan, and I, and the plan is to slay PNW peaks in mid-May later this year. Here are […]
Read more "Getting Roped For Rainier"5/27/2010 – After a long day on the river, a few of us got out and went climbing in Buena Vista. These photos feature Dean and Tom getting after some excellent rock right as the sun was setting. Rockin’ evening during rafting training.
Read more "Some Climbing in Buena Vista"Last summer was my rookie season as a raft guide. Although the summer of 2010 has forever changed me, I took very few photos and instead lived every moment to its fullest. I was surrounded with an amazing group of people who each took a leap of faith and ended up on their feet as […]
Read more "A Little Taste of Rafting Season"5/9/2010 – Lenawee Mountain (13,204 ft) looms proudly above Arapahoe Basin Ski Area and has been calling to me since seeing it the first time a couple of years ago. So one May evening Jonny, Casey, and I headed out to camp in one of our favorite car-camping sites (across highway 6 from the CDOT […]
Read more "Armed Robbery"5/20/2010 – Jonny and I set out on this beautiful spring day with the goal in mind of bagging both Dragon’s Tail and Dead Elk couloirs up in RMNP. Once above Emerald Lake, we began punching through and, after minimal discussion, we decided that it was not the safest day to run these classic south-facing […]
Read more "The Cabbage Couloir"4/30/2010 – Torrey’s Peak (14,267 ft) is the first 14er I ever had the opportunity to ski. Jonny, Casey, and I got after it with a traditional alpine start, leaving Boulder in the middle of the night and starting on the trail at around 4:30am. By the time we reached the base of the couloir […]
Read more "Dead Dog"5/11/2010 – Big Bad Wolf Couloir, Red Peak (13,189 ft) – Jonny, Mike, and I headed out form the car around 9:30 am and did not return until around 10:30pm. Authentic and excellent day in the Gore Range.
Read more "Big Bad Wolf"I figured I should toss a post together before finals week really sets in, so here are some pictures. First, you have Jonny Cromwell skiing a gnarly rock drop where he kicked off a nice little slab slide out of the East Portal. Next is a photo of Alex Umbhau ripping some single track through […]
Read more "A Few Randos…"
Zachary Stephen Miller 